title: Study of the soil isolates for antimicrobial activity.
abstract: During the process of screening for a potent antimicrobial compound, a new strain was isolated from the soil sample of Thalaikunda village in Ooty, Tamil Nadu. That organism was name as NK(2). It was found to be antagonistic to both bacterial and fungal test organisms. Production of antibiotic was more in a newly formulated broth. Antibiotic production reached maximum at the end of the 70 h of fermentation by stirred flask culture. The antimicrobial compound was extracted in n-butanol, ethyl acetate and methanol. Antimicrobial compound, which was produced by the soil isolate NK(2) did not showed cytotoxic activity on Vero cell lines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, J. S. S College of Pharmacy, Ooty-643 001, India.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Srividya
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Saritha
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Suresh